Kansas joins effort to stop counting noncitizens in census, but communities fear damage
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Census results are used to allocate federal and state resources. Smaller populations mean less money for municipalities and states.
Takeaways
  1. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joined a lawsuit because Kansas is likely to lose congressional representation to states with larger noncitizen populations.
  2. Advocates say the census count needs to be as accurate as possible. Not counting noncitizens would be a mistake, they warn.
  3. Ohio, West Virginia and Louisiana have also joined the lawsuit.